infinitely and still never get to a definite point
in time.
JOHN D. MCCALEB
Phoenix, Arizona
In this day and age when everything seems
eclipsed by the clock, your probing and thought
provoking article in the March issue is the type
of stimulus needed to keep us all thinking about
our use and misuse of the precious time, and
space, each of us is allotted.
DOROTHY J. STRIMBU
New Philadelphia,Ohio
The story didn't mention the invention of stan
dard time-with hourly variations according to
established time zones-by the civil engineer
Sir Sanford Fleming. Canada's foremost rail
way surveyor, he realized that the railway made
obsolete the old system of each major center set
ting its clocks by local astronomical conditions.
He was instrumental in convening the Interna
tional Meridian Conference in Washington,
D. C., in 1884, at which the standard time
system was adopted.
CRAIG HARRIS
Edmonton, Alberta
I was surprised at the suggestion that the week is
"the only calendar unit that does not trace its
origins to astronomy." I understood that it was
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